The town of Dynan was afterwards repaired and restored, and was called Ludlow. The castle of Dynan fell between Joce's daughters Sibylle Fitzpain, Hawise both widows in 1199 and Sir Walter de Lacy. Sir Fulk, the son of Guarin de Metz the same, of White-Town and Maelor. Fulk the Brown and Hawise dwelt so long with the king, that he had five sons, Fulk, William, Phillip the Red, John, and Alan. King Henry had four sons, Henry, Richard Coeur-de-Lion, John, and Jeffrey, who was afterwards earl of Lesser Britain. Henry was crowned during his father's life time, but he died before his father; and after the death of his father, Richard was crowned; and after Richard, John, his brother.
Chess was the fashionable game at this period, and indeed generally, from the time the Western Christians first became acquainted with the Saracens, to the introduction of cards. The Anglo-Norman princes and barons were great chess players. The game of the Anglo-Saxons was tœfel, something of the nature of our backgammon. When John and Fulk took to the chessboard, the two quarreled and John complained. When King Henry, the father, died, then reigned King Richard, who loved dearly Fulk the Brown, fitz Warine, for his loyalty; and he called before him at Winchester the five sons of Fulk the Brown, little Fulk, Phillip the Red, William, John, and Alan, and their cousin, Baldwin de Hodnet, and dubbed them very richly, and made them knights. Baldwin de Hodnet was hereditary seneschal of Montgomery castle, and held Hodnet in capite by that service. He also held Westbury, under the barons Corbet of Caus, and Fitz Warine was vassal of the same barons at Alderbury .It is very probable that Fitz Warine and Baldwin were relations, although Baldwin had known nothing of Fulk I or his grandfather Guarin de Metz as he was to Henry; they are found attesting jointly deeds of the Corbets, and Baldwin's participation in Fitz Warine's rebellion and forfeiture is proved by the contemporary records.
King Richard sent his letters to Sir Fulk that he should come into England and receive his lands, for his father was dead. Fulk and his brothers were much grieved that Fulk the Brown, their good father, was dead: and they returned to London to King Richard, who was very glad of them, and delivered to them all the lands of which Fulk the Brown died seized after Richard's return from the Holy Land. The Holy Land was said to be called in the third crusade. After his death, John, the brother of King Richard, was crowned king of England. Then he sent to Sir Fulk that he should come to him to talk and treat of divers matters touching the march, and said that he would go visit the march; and he went to castle Baldwin, which is now called Montgomery or Baldwin's town (Tref Faldwyn.) The falcons and hawks of Wales were highly prized, at a time when falconry was so much in fashion. They were often, therefore, given as most acceptable presents by the Welsh chieftains to the kings of England, or exacted by the latter as tribute or fines. When, on the invasion of Wales by king John, the bishop of Bangor was taken prisoner, his ransom was fixed at two hundred hawks. The king thanked him much for his present. Then came Morris to talk with the king and the king requested him to dwell with him and be of his council, and made him keeper of all the march.
Morris / Meurich, the son of Roger de Powys, lord of White-Town, knew that king John was on his way to the march, he sent the king a fat and fair steed, and a gerfalcon all white, and did fine with king John for Whittington, but the fine, instead of a hundred pounds, was fifty or sixty marks. A subsequent fine of his son Wrenoch is variously stated at eighty marks and two palfreys, or a hundred pounds and four palfreys. When Morris saw his time, he spoke to the king, and prayed him, if he pleased, that he would confirm to him by charter the honor of White-Town, to him and his heirs, as King Henry, his father, had before confirmed it to Roger de Powys, his father. The king knew well that Sir Fulk had right to White Town, and he called to mind the blow which Fulk had formerly given him. Morris promised him a hundred pounds of silver.